The Last Agony of the Dying Man

c. 1470/1475

German 15th Century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.715

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber Manuel, Vol. IV, p. 256, no. 309, State ed. VII

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1951

  • Fifteenth-century Graphic Art from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1951-1952, no cat.

1955

  • Art of the Medieval Period, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1955, no catalogue.

1960

  • Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1960, no cat.

1964

  • Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, 1964, no catalogue.

1965

  • Selected 15th Century Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1965, no. 12.

1971

  • A Selection of Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Book Prints from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1971, no. 6, repro.

1974

  • The Fable of the Sick Lion: A Fifteenth-Century Blockbook, Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1974, no. 8B.

Bibliography

1911

  • Schreiber, Wilhelm. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur metal au XVe siecle. 5 vols.Berlin and Leipzig, 1891-1910.

1968

  • Field, Richard S. "A Woodcut Passion for the National Gallery of Art." In Report and Studies in the History of Art 1968. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968, p. 36.

Wikidata ID

Q64953231

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